Category: 3. Middle East

Cameroon-flagged tanker issues distress call about 60 nautical miles (110km) south of Yemen’s Ahwar in Gulf of Aden.

A ship has caught fire in the Gulf of Aden off…

Israeli forces on Saturday opened fire and launched stun and tear gas grenades at Palestinian farmers in the village of Kobar, north of Ramallah in the central occupied West Bank, as they tried to access their land…

The plant’s last external lines were severed in September in attacks that Russia and Ukraine blame on each other.

Repair work has started on damaged off-site power…

The final public viewing event in the western city of Kisumu has been preceded by deaths and injuries on previous days.

Dozens of people have been injured at a memorial event in Kenya’s western city of Kisumu as huge crowds gathered to view the…

Pakistan’s army chief Gen. Asim Munir on Saturday expressed Islamabad’s hope that the “Gaza peace initiative would lead to an enduring peace in the region,”Anadolu reports.

“Pakistan expects the ceasefire to…

The quality of humanitarian aid entering Gaza is as important as its quantity, and there is an urgent need for unrestricted access to basic supplies, according to UNICEF’s top emergency coordinator.

Palestinians in…

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Friday expressed deep concern over the continued accusations made by Yemen’s Houthis against UN personnel as “dangerous and unacceptable,” Anadolu reports.

“The…

The Palestinian Civil Defense in Gaza said late Friday that an Israeli airstrike killed 11 members of one family after targeting their vehicle without warning in Gaza City’s eastern al-Zeitoun neighborhood, Anadolu…

Iran also expresses commitment to diplomacy as landmark 10-year nuclear deal with Western powers officially ends.

Iran has said it is no longer bound by restrictions on its nuclear programme as a landmark 10-year deal between it and world powers…

Mahmoud Abu Foul heard his mother’s voice after eight months in Israeli detention, but could not see her face.

A 28-year-old from northern Gaza, Abu Foul was arrested from Kamal Adwan Hospital in Beit Lahiya in late December and imprisoned in…